Not sure if you made it up for the end of the show, but "Hotel Fees" and
"Last Call" were both hysterical. "Hotel Fees" felt like an old-school
Monty Python sketch ("Argon, sir. It's a noble gas." "I didn't have any
argon." "It's odorless and colorless - how can you be sure?") and the comic
timing between CK and Bobby Moynihan was spot-on. Also, I travel quite a
bit, so I've had to deal with hotel clerks like the one CK was playing.
The thing about "Australian Film Legends" was that it was supposed to be
playing up Aussie's supposed lack of subtlety and tact. Supposedly it was
the 12:50 sketch in the dress rehearsal and got moved up due to audience
reactions. Frankly, the only thing that saved the sketch for me was Hader
& CK's Aussie take on 'Brokeback Mountain'.
The cold open may not have resonated with you if you haven't been paying
attention to Bloomberg's updates throughout Hurricane Sandy. But both the
translator & Bloomberg's spanish translations have been getting a lot of
play around the greater NY area (some have taken to referring to him as
"Bloombito"), so it worked for me. Plus, it gave SNL the excuse to work in
Moynihan's excellent Chris Christie impression.
Agreed that standups should be able to deliver their monologue in standup
format; it you go all the way back to SNL's genesis, George Carlin didn't
do a 'monologue' as much as he did pieces of his act. As long as it's
topical, it works well, so there's no reason not to let the comic have the
floor for 5 minutes.
On Monday, November 5, 2012 3:53:33 AM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
>
> Comedians should always do the opening monologue. You know why? Because
> they can be funny, that's why. Why isn't that an official rule on SNL?
>
> The Lincoln/Louie sketch was funny, though the "Histeria!" animated series
> featuring Maurice LaMarche as Johnny Carson as Lincoln as Seinfeld sort of
> did a lot of that concept.
>
> I didn't get the Australian sketch. Was it supposed to be funny that none
> of them could do the accent? Was the gag that apparently Australians don't
> express emotion, because I've never heard or experiened that stereotype?
> Seriously... wasn't even able to detect the premise.
>
> To the lead singer of "Fun": Unless you are Columbo, the raincoat indoors
> doesn't work -- you should have given it to a New Yorker outdoors who could
> have used it. Actually, I'm not really too ticked about the raincoat, but
> his use of autotune during a live performance really ticked me off, but
> that's the music industry now so there is no point in complaining about it.
>
> Weekend Update continues to be unfunny and excrutiatingly painful.
>
> Don't know if the 3D (or simulated 3D) title cards are a regular feature,
> but for us one-eyed folks (and the 5.99 billion folks who don't keep 3D
> glasses near the screen) it is stupid.
>
> All other sketches failed to resonate.
>
> In summary, SNL probably helped Louis CK's career, but the show is still
> almost unwatchable.
>
> --
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>
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